The Washington Times (Washington, DC) back issues from March 2009:
2 lobbyists top hopefuls for food post; Would violate Obama ban.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Under President Obama's pledge to exclude registered lobbyists from the government payroll, two top contenders for an important food-safety post at the Agriculture Department will need waivers to win the job since both are lobbyists who ...
Chinese farmers plant their hopes on return of rain.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michael Standaert, THE WASHINGTON TIMES YAOLING, China -- In good times, Xi Guojun's small plot of land produces just enough winter wheat to provide for his family. But these are not good times. On a dusty, terraced hillside, gazing over his yellowing crop, ...
Obama factor boosts District's U Street; Newfound energy, prosperity revitalize NW neighborhood.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Molly Nevola, THE WASHINGTON TIMES What's a hot dog between buddies on a Saturday afternoon of hanging out in Washington? A lot, if the guy buying is President Obama and the restaurant is the heart and soul of the city's U Street Corridor. Sales nearly ...
Obama taps Sebelius for HHS secretary; Kansan is second pick.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Obama has chosen Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his nominee for secretary of health and human services - his second try at filling the post - and will make a formal announcement Monday. Mrs. Sebelius, 60, will leave ...
Sanford to reject funds, sees strings attached.(PAGE ONE)(NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Days after President Obama singled out a run-down school in South Carolina as a reason the federal government needs to get involved, the state's governor, Mark Sanford, says the problem isn't money, it's the government's monopoly over ...
Limbaugh steals CPAC spotlight.(NATION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES If there were a correlation between crowd-pleasing and winning the presidency, then the 2012 Republican presidential nominee would be either former House Speaker Newt Gingrich or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. ...
Youthful leader sought for '12; President's liberal agenda unifies right.(NATION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's name and face are there, on ubiquitous buttons and posters. But she isn't. Several other high-profile Republicans considered contenders to help the GOP rebound from its 2008 electoral drubbing ...
Illegal population down slightly in U.S.(NATION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The federal government last week confirmed that after years of increases, the illegal-immigrant population in the U.S. dropped for the first time, between 2007 and 2008 - about the time that both a recession and tougher immigration ...
Obama assails budget plan's critics.(NATION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Obama on Saturday attacked critics of his $3.6 trillion budget proposal, casting himself as a populist crusader whose sweeping change has angered Washington's entrenched special interests, and he vowed that he is ready for a ...
Helping women, a tweet at a time.(NATION)(A WASHINGTON NOTE)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Adrienne T. Washington, THE WASHINGTON TIMES What's a Tweet-a-thon? Will women sitting in theaters across America next week texting feverishly from their BlackBerrys and iPhones really have an impact on the lives of impoverished women half way around the world? ...
Lawmakers beat budget deadline; Stimulus funds mitigate cuts.(D.C. AREA)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Emerling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Virginia lawmakers approved the state's $77 billion budget Saturday evening, assuring an on-time adjournment of the legislative session and returning a spending proposal infused with federal dollars to Gov. Tim Kaine. ...
Obama's tax wall.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: George Pieler, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Barack Obama says now that he has inflated the federal budget deficit beyond the level of human comprehension, he's ready to start cutting it, and he won't let anyone (Republican governors, especially) stand in his ...
A (partial) victory.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Times' editorial A (partial) victory for common sense, Feb. 20) is correct when it states, Roger Barnett is a good man who has been put through hell because of the repeated failures of the federal government and the courts. I met this Arizona ...
A chance to shoot down North Korea missile?(EDITORIALS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, stated recently that should the president give the order, his forces would be ready to attempt to shoot down a North Korean missile expected to be test launched soon. Pyongyang has ...
Hope.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Presidential image and flowery rhetoric is no substitute for the hard truth GOP rebuttal: Spending spike is 'irresponsible' , Nation, Wednesday). Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's rebuttal toPresident Obama's address to Congress, though ...
Nobles and Knaves.(EDITORIALS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Noble: Comcast employee Jorge Rivera, honored by the Montgomery County Council last week for saving at least three people from a fire. On Dec. 6, Rivera, a Comcast repairman in Montgomery County, was driving to a scheduled appointment when he saw ...
Preserving budget discipline.(EDITORIALS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Obama's efforts to get Congress to reinstitute statutory budget rules forcing hard choices is being opposed by Republicans and Democrats alike. They will produce a law with so many loopholes opening the monetary floodgates that Mr. Obama ...
Revisionist history.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Of late, I've been hearing a fascinating attempt at historical revisionism. Some - who have not been able to accept the fact that the American people have voted for a change from a failed administration - are working overtime to destroy the ...
'Doing the hard things'.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pete Olson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES During the debate on the economic stimulus proposals in the House, many different standards were used by my colleagues to justify policies and proposals eligible for funding. But there are some standards that are ...
Conservative disarray.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jeffrey Kuhner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Conservatism is in dire straits. Yet don't tell that to the foot soldiers, who just finished attending the Conservative Political Action Conference. They don't grasp the magnitude of their current political, economic, ...
F-22 Raptor imperative.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michael Fumento, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Barack Obama must soon decide whether to order the building of more F-22 Raptors or let the production lines close. Only 203 of the aircraft described by the think tank Air Power Australia as the most capable ...
Tunes of history travail.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: George Hahn, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Two members of the Maryland General Assembly want to scuttle the lyrics of the state song, Maryland, My Maryland. What gives Democratic Delegates Pamela Beidle and Joan Ivey the vapors? Letters of protest from ...
How to win in Afghanistan.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ali Ahmad Jalali, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES We are on the verge of failing in Afghanistan. Seven years into an international mission designed to create peace and stability in the country, Afghanistan has reached a tipping point. Its government's ...
The new socialists.(COMMENTARY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Hyman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES I lived and worked in London in the late 1980s. One evening I attended a dinner party in the weeks leading up to the 1988 presidential election. In attendance were guests from several European nations. During a ...
Erasing bad memories; Caps get OT winner in this trip to Boston.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BOSTON -- There have been a couple of quirky endings to games between the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins in the past two seasons, but this one stands out from the rest. Alexander Semin, who said he was tired despite ...
Georgetown's defense brings it back to life.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PHILADELPHIA -- Georgetown found a postseason defibrillator at Wachovia Center. The reeling Hoyas responded to premature talk of their demise with the team's strongest defensive performance of the season, stifling No. 10 ...
Making Raiders' Davis look sane.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dan Daly, THE WASHINGTON TIMES If Dan Snyder keeps spending like this - $100 million here, $54 million there - he's going to make Al Davis look sane. * * * I loved Vinny Cerrato's praise for Redskins negotiator Eric Schaffer after Albert ...
Rizzo makes the trip in Bowden's absence; Nats' GM remains on hot seat.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES UPITER, Fla. -- JNeither Jim Bowden nor Stan Kasten attended the Washington Nationals' exhibition game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium on Saturday, absences that normally might have caused a brief stir but ...
Tailor-made for Redskins' defense; Club envisions Haynesworth's transition as 'relatively seamless'.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ryan O'Halloran, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The frustrations of last year's second-half collapse, along with ownership's insatiable need to win the offseason, resulted in the Washington Redskins' signing of free agent defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth on Friday to the ...
A poignant exit for Mantle; Yankees outfielder called it quits in '69.(SPORTS)(THE WAY IT WAS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES On the evening of Feb. 28, 1969, a telephone rang in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hotel room occupied by Ralph Houk, manager of the New York Yankees. The caller, speaking in a familiar Oklahoma drawl, did not need to identify himself. ...
NOT FOR LONG.(SPORTS)(FIRST DOWN)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Cohn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Like anyone else with a pulse, Albert Haynesworth said he was astounded by his $100 million-plus deal with the Washington Redskins, $41 million of which is guaranteed. But make no mistake. Although fat contracts (and this one qualifies as ...
Quick-strike offense is too much for Duke.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrick Stevens, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BALTIMORE -- Loaded with riches on attack in recent seasons, Duke discovered the value of instant offense. It works the other way, too - as No. 7 Maryland found out at the No. 12 Blue Devils' expense Saturday at the ...
National Marathon field filling up.(SPORTS)(WEEKEND ATHLETE: RUNNING)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Steve Nearman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The National Half Marathon has sold out, and the National Marathon has fewer than 200 spots available. Our half marathon is sold out, do you believe it? It's amazing, said event organizer Bob Sweeney, president of the ...
The joys of rabbit hunting.(SPORTS)(WEEKEND ATHLETE: OUTDOORS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gene Mueller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WELCOME, Md. -- Heah, Shorty, heah, heah; there he goes "shouted Tommy Nelson while his son-in-law, Bill Ayers, supported him up with loud hand-clapping and more hollering."Go get him, Amy, heah, heah." The shouts were ...
TODAY'S GAME; FLORIDA PANTHERS at WASHINGTON CAPITALS.(SPORTS)(CAPITALS PLUS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES When: 3 p.m. - Where: Verizon Center | TV/radio: CSN, AM-1500 Goalies: Panthers - Craig Anderson (11-5-5, 2.58) or Tomas Vokoun (20-17-3, 2.41). Capitals - Jose Theodore (23-12-3, 2.82) or Michal Neuvirth (2-0-0, 2.00). ...
Vaughan, Mason push past Towson; Patriots clinch second seed.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrick Stevens, THE WASHINGTON TIMES John Vaughan charged into the stands during his final home game, getting especially acquainted with some fans in the front row as he tried to collect a long carom. He was slow to get up, and so was a patron. But he ...
Margin for error remains modest; Mosley's ankle issue for Terps.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrick Stevens, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The late-season paradox glaring at the Maryland basketball team Wednesday night was, as is the case with most such scenarios, both welcome and unsettling. The Terrapins had just deflected foul trouble, a hobbled starter ...
CARDINALS 9, NATIONALS 2.(SPORTS)(SPRING TRAINING)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES JUPITER, Fla. -- Neither Daniel Cabrera nor Ross Detwiler's final pitching lines looked good. Cabrera, though, could still find some positives in his outing. For Detwiler, there were none. Making his first appearance in a ...
W. speaks.(SUNDAY READ)(INSIDE POLITICS: WEEKEND)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES W. speaks Former President George W. Bush still has wisdom to share, and share it he will. Mr. Bush will begin a series of public speaking engagements on March 17 in Calgary, Alberta, on behalf of the Washington Speakers ...
Envoy to 'the dark side'; CIA veteran advises Obama on how to keep U.S. safe from terrorists.(NEWSMAKERS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Eli Lake, THE WASHINGTON TIMES If terrorists threaten Americans or plot to crash the nation's cyber infrastructure, President Obama's first phone call will almost certainly be to John O. Brennan. A multilingual CIA veteran from New Jersey who shares the ...
How can we make health care more affordable?(SUNDAY READ)(SOLUTIONS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Karen Ignagni, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES For 15 years, political strategists have cautioned politicians to beware of the health care issue. Now there has been an about-face. Lawmakers and stakeholders from across the political and policy spectrums are offering ...
In-between years of Jesus a puzzle.(RELIGION)(STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES It's been 25 years since Joe Girzone, a priest from Albany, N.Y., penned Joshua, a most unusual novel about a Jesus-like character who shows up in a small American town. Joshua sold 3 million copies and spawned two dozen books ....
Octo-mom shows woes of Tower.(FAMILY)(POP'S CULTURE)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Roland C. Warren, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Over the last few weeks, there has been much reported about Nadya Suleman, the mother who gave birth to octuplets. Initially, much of the reporting was positive, even glowing. Our culture tends to respond to ...
Backbone needed to raise teenagers.(FAMILY)(DEAR MS. VICKI)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Vicki Johnson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dear Ms. Vicki, I need to know what to do about negative peer influences on my 14-year-old daughter. I hate her friends, and I don't know what to do about them or her. It's clear they are leading her ...
Sounding alarm on 'silent disease'.(FAMILY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Not long ago, I heard about a lovely young woman who had gotten some sad news. When she was in high school, she met a boy. She thought she was in love. He thought they should have sex, so they did. She moved ...
A first-rate 'third place'; Creativity crafts a place for moms and children.(FAMILY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gabriella Boston, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Patti LaBelle's Lady Marmalade pumps through the speakers as Agatha Daughn struts her stuff on the dance floor, Preston Brown creates a multimedia art piece in bright yellows and natural wood, and Emmett Speers leafs through a book ....
Disney's trivia triumph.(FAMILY)(ROMPER ROOM)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Szadkowski, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Aladdin's wisecracking Genie dons a game-show host's tuxedo and gives Wii families a fun way to spend evenings in Disney Th!nk Fast (Disney Interactive Studios, $49.99). This trivia challenge offers a cornucopia of more ...
Online courses offer flexibility.(FAMILY)(HOME-SCHOOLING TODAY)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kate Tsubata, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Home-schooling offers a lot of flexibility, but new opportunities are arising that give even more options to those educating within the family. The University of Phoenix has for 33 years pushed the envelope of higher ...
Creativity during hard times; Depression-era paintings from earliest New Deal arts program reveal regionalist outlook.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , THE WASHINGTON TIMES The economic stimulus bill recently passed by Congress designates $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, but that funding pales in comparison to the commitment to the arts during the Great Depression. ...
'Worst mistake' spurs Keaton fall.(ARTS & CULTURE)(FROM THE VAULTS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Buster Keaton's evolution as a genius of silent film comedy can be traced in considerable detail in a multidisc set from Kino Video, The Art of Buster Keaton, which begins with his work as a sidekick for Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in 1919 and ...
Read further five.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES BORN DIGITAL: UNDERSTANDING THE FIRST GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES By John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Basic Books John Palfrey of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Urs Gasser of the Swiss University of ...
Making changes to American way of prosperity.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: James Srodes, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Those who have read financial journalist James Flanigan over his 40-year career recognize his hallmark. It is an intense curiosity not just about what is happening, but why it happens that way, and what is likely to occur ...
Frank Lloyd Wright's romantic life.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christian Toto, THE WASHINGTON TIMES T.C. Boyle's latest, a quasi-fictional take on Frank Lloyd Wright called The Women, would have been more accurately dubbed Miriam. The Miriam in question is Maude Miriam Noel, the woman who shredded the famed architect's ...
World of Spooks and Whistle-Blowers.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Weisman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Take one influence-peddling Washington lobbyist-cum-political operative who launders millions through a series of shell companies and nonprofit organizations to buy congressional votes and insinuates dozens of his operatives ...
The unsung genius of of Victor Fleming.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Baltimore Sun film critic, Michael Sragow, has long been admired for his ability to focus on non-mainstream movies deserving of the public's attention. So it is fitting that during the course of his career he ...
The Man who boosted California.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Martin Rubin, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES In tough economic times like the present, that truly try men's souls, it is customary to look to the past for some sort of balm. Too often, this takes the form of finding other periods when unwise actions and rampant ...
Best-selling fiction.(BOOKS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY By Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows Dial Press THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE: A NOVEL By David Wroblewski Ecco ...
Give me liberty or give me a good rate for refinancing.(HUMOR)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Carleton Bryant, THE WASHINGTON TIMES I just got back from my 30-year high school class reunion, which I thought was weird because I'm only 29 - give or take a decade or two. I was curious to see who hadn't aged well - and hoping that I wasn't the one who ...
Clinton refuses to include Hamas; U.S. to offer $900 million.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SHARM EL SHEIK, EgyptS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is resisting intensive lobbying from European officials to recognize a Palestinian unity government that includes the militant group Hamas, U.S. and European ...
D.C. fixer-uppers become tax ruins; Class 3 rate doubles to 10%.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: David M. Dickson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thousands of tax bills will arrive in the mailboxes of D.C. property owners this week, and some taxpayers no doubt will recoil from the large increases staring them in the face. The D.C. government doubled the annual ...
Nationals' Bowden quits amid scandal; Rizzo eyed as general manager.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES It was presumably the final step in a scandal that had been brewing since Feb. 18, when the team acknowledged that Esmailyn Gonzalez, a Dominican shortstop it signed for $1.4 million in 2006, was actually Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo and ...
Obama's cap, trade irk some in party; Senators wary of state costs.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Senate Democrats are breaking with President Obama over his plan for sweeping new climate-change laws that he says will rake in billions of dollars to help offset massive budget deficits. The dissenters, mostly Democrats from ...
Storm to bring up to 8 inches of snow; Transportation officials dealing with first major system of season.(PAGE ONE)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Weber, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The region's first major storm of the winter season arrived overnight and was expected to bring as much as 8 inches of snow through Monday. There was no question Sunday that the storm would arrive from the south. Forecasters ...
The fog of congressional transparency; Drugmaker money to Utah senator's charity escaped disclosure.(PAGE ONE)(EXCLUSIVE)(Column)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Jerry Seper and Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The pharmaceutical industry that long has benefited from Sen. Orrin G. Hatch's legislative efforts has directed large sums of money to a charity he helped found - and still raises money for - while also hiring the ...
Obama, Lieberman and 'the Hug'.(NATION)(PURPLE NATION)(Column)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Lanny J. Davis, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES On Tuesday night, President Obama walked down the aisle of the House of Representatives, en route to deliver his first speech to a joint session of Congress, shaking the hands of Republican and Democratic members. ...